Advantages and disAdvantages of overclocking

[FK]

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pros: self-fulfillment and speed.

cons: palit bag-o kong madaot. kong wala ka kaau ka kwarta mag huwat ka hangtod makapalit ka og lain.

[steve]

@seekenneth Sakto gyud ka bai!

But y overclock a 2.8 to a 3.0 Ghz? U'll barely notice the diff unless kung mu 3.5 gyud ka or up then there will be a big diff gyud or am I wrong? :P

Pros - Increases speed and performance
Cons - Decreases life span of chip, heating issues, must be willing to spend.

Only overclock if your warranty is already expired

[brown_dog]

Overclocking does not kill the component its the heat.

Pros - Processing Speed increase.
Cons - for begginers not advisable, might shorten your compenents life span
due to heat.
Cons - for advanced users - none.

[joelkyr]

But y overclock a 2.8 to a 3.0 Ghz?

it was just an example, defenitely 2.8 to 3 is not much of a big difference you can go higher if you want to, but you have to be realistic.

[dirtytricks]

soo thats the reason that only few r making overclocking.. coz it can cause a bad resulsts.. but if u overclocking u can gaing faster proccessor and ur FSB too can fast as twice than the original speed of ur processor...

[ruelnov]

OCing is a very welcome idea to system/component manufacturers. that's more money for them due to shortened life span of your components, hehe.

[bfh2k4]

advantages : better performance, bragging rights
disadvantages: higher cost, shorter lifespan of overclocked part (kung casual OC-er lang walay problema, but for those who volt-mod...), mas stressed ang uban components sa pc when you overclock (unless they run on independent buses that have independent timings), higher risk of damage to your pc

overclocking kills components (unless you are fortunate enough to get components that are underrated). when you're running components beyond specs, you're decreasing its effective lifespan.

vendors make their products "overclocker-friendly" to entice us into buying them. what we don't know is that _other_ components we have on our rigs may not be so forgiving when we run them out of spec...

its quite addicting mga bro. getting a 2.6ghz proc to run stably at 3.5ghz didn't come for free. kick-ass proc, hsf, ram, mobo don't come a peso a dozen. not to mention the countless hours spent squeezing out every bit from your rig (e.g. modding the case or trying out different cooling systems). mausab gyud imong spending patterns kung dili ka ka-control sa urge to go to different stores buying every performance part. all of this for what?

overclocker: one who spends hundreds on components, but spends thousands to keep those components running beyond specs. are you one?

[seekenneth]

i agree to steve and bfh2k4.

@brown_dog - pros, overclocking: cons = none. yeah right. ive heard that before. overclock cguro from 2.8 to 2.9 overclock naman na. lol

[DD]

PROS = faster devices at a lower price range

CONs = none (if you know what your doing)
lifespan wise..can anyone tell me the documented lifespan of any devices?
a CPU can last a lifetime even if its overclocked but honestly..will you hold on to that same CPU for the next 10 years?(even 5 years is already kinda streaching it)

[danelectro]

u got it right.